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A Cabinet 
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Disproving  Arguments  that  the  Loss  of 
License  Fees  will  be  More  than  Com- 
pensated for  in  the  Reduction 
of  Public  Expenses  Charge- 
able to  the  So-called 
Liquor  Traffic. 


Issued  by  the  Manufacturers  and  Merchants  Association 
of  New  Jersey , 776  Broad  Street , Newark , New  Jersey 

1913 


THE  ESSEX  PRESS,  PRINTERS 

NEWARK 


VAV^° 

A CABINET  OF  FACTS  AND  FIGURES 


FOREWORD 

N PRESENTING  these  statistics  of  comparisons  between 
license  and  no-license  cities,  towns  and  boroughs  in 
various  sections  of  the  United  States,  it  is  important 
to  know  that  the  figures  were  accurately  taken  from 
trustworthy  data,  gathered  from  official  sources. 

Local  Optionists  and  Prohibitionists  contend  in  their 
arguments  against  the  saloon  that  no-license  is  bene- 
ficial to  the  community  that  adopts  it,  and  that  it  re- 
duces violations  of  the  law  and  consequently  arrests,  and  that  the  loss  of 
license  fees  will  be  more  than  compensated  for  in  the  reduction  of  public 
expenses  chargeable  to  the  so-called  liquor  traffic. 

Investigations  disprove  their  claims  and  these  comparisions  indicate 
J » the  fallacy  of  such  contentions.  In  view  of  these  facts,  it  is  beyond  com- 
r prehension  how  those  opposed  to  the  legally  licensed  cafe,  restaurant  and 
hotel,  can  continue  in  their  opposition  to  a rational  system  of  supervision 
2“  and  regulation  instead  of  supporting  “prohibition  that  does  not  prohibit.” 

These  comparisons  embrace  nineteen  “wet”  and  twenty  “dry”  cities, 
ry  towns  and  boroughs  scattered  over  the  United  States,  of  like  conditions 
and  population,  and  investigations  under  way  covering  other  license  or 
no-license  cities,  etc.,  continue  to  emphasize  more  fully  the  evidence  as 
published  by  these  few  statistics. 


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Auburn,  Maine,  is  an  inland  city,  to  which  one  of  the 
best  agricultural  sections  of  the  State  is  contributory. 
The  population,  according  to  the  estimate  published  in 
the  last  annual  report  of  the  city  government,  is  13,000.  It  has  been  under 
prohibitory  laws  for  over  sixty  years. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$7,166.69,  or  $.55  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  192,  in  the  ratio  of  one  to 
68  of  population. 


Auburn,  Me. 


DuBois,  Pennsylvania,  has  a population  of  approximately 
12,000.  It  is  situated  in  the  midst  of  a mining  section 
where  congregate  thousands  of  coal  miners  of  various 
nationalities;  has  large  iron  furnaces,  and  is  a railroad  center.  There  are 
ten  retail  liquor  licenses,  2 wholesale  licenses,  a brewery  and  a distillery  in 
the  municipality. 

The  police  expenses  for  1908  were  ;$ 2,932.25,  or  $.24  per 
capita. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  102,  in  the 
ratio  of  one  to  118  of  population. 

The  moral  conditions  in  the  two  towns  are  decidedly  favorable  to 
DuBois,  in  which  city  there  are  no  open  houses  of  ill  repute. 

In  Auburn,  in  one  of  the  reports  of  the  police  matron,  this  clause  is 
found: 

“Many  places  of  questionable  repute  have  been  visited  and  the  inmates 
reasoned  with  and  entreated  to  lead  purer  lives.  In  some  instances  these 
admonitions  have  been  heeded  and  an  entire  change  for  the  better  has  been 
wrought.  In  other  cases  the  law  has  had  to  be  invoked  to  bring  about  the 
desired  result.” 

It  is  difficult  to  understand  why,  in  a city  of  13,000  population,  a police 
matron  should  be  necessary.  There  has  never  been  a necessity  for  such  an 
official  in  Du  Bois. 

NOTE. — The  total  number  of  arrests  in  the  city  of  Auburn  for  the  year 
1907,  was  558.  Of  these  26  were  for  assault  and  battery;  26  for  larceny;  188 
for  vagrancy,  and  11  for  neglect  to  provide  for  family.  This  report  of  con- 
ditions in  a prohibition  city  is  very  interesting. 


DuBois,  Pa. 


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Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsylvania,  situated  on  the  Sus- 
quehanna River,  near  the  centre  of  the  great 
anthracite  coal  region,  with  great  manufacturing 
interests,  has  139  retail  liquor  licenses,  17  wholesale  licenses,  2 bottlers,  and 
3 brewery  licenses.  The  population  is  estimated  at  about  65,000. 

The  Chief  of  Police,  in  response  to  a request  for  information,  says: 

“The  population  of  Wilkes-Barre  is  about  65,000,  although 
Wilkes-Barre  is  the  centre  of  a population  of  250,000,  which 
we  have  to  continually  contend  with.  In  other  words,  there  are 
several  smaller  towns  built  about  Wilkes-Barre  and  bordering 
right  on  the  city  limits.” 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$55,733.00,  or  $.86  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  1,129  or  one  to  58  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  arrests  were  2,584,  or  one  to  25  of  population. 


Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 


Portland,  Maine,  is  the  metropolis  of  the  State  and  is 
largely  engaged  in  manufacturing.  The  population  as 
given  by  the  police  department  is  60,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$90,584.89,  or  $1.51  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  3,051,  or  one  to  20  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  arrests  were  4,361,  or  one  to  14  of  population. 

NOTE. — It  can  readily  be  observed  that  Wilkes-Barre,  with  its  large 
contiguous  population  and  regulated  liquor  traffic,  is  in  a much  better 
position  as  regards  public  expenses  and  arrests  for  drunkenness,  as  well  as 
other  causes,  than  Portland,  Maine,  with  sixty  years’  of  prohibition  behind 
it. 


Portland,  Me. 


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Warren,  Warren  County,  Pennsylvania,  situated  in  the 
northwestern  part  of  Pennsylvania,  is  the  county  seat,  has 
five  banks  and  is  a railroad  center.  The  city  has  11  retail 
liquor  licenses  and  3 wholesale  licenses.  The  population  is  estimated  at 
about  12,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  of  Warren  for  1908 
were  $3,456.68,  or  $.29  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  146,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  82  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $51,000.00,  or  $4.25  per 
capita. 


Warren , Pa. 


Augusta,  Maine,  situated  on  the  Kennebec  River,  con- 
tains six  banks,  and  is  also  an  important  center,  but 
has  no  saloons;  it  has  been  under  prohibitory  laws  for 
over  sixty  years.  The  population  is  estimated  at  about  12,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$7,500.00,  or  $.63  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  510,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  24  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $300,000.00,  or  $25.00  per 
capita. 

NOTE. — On  this  showing,  who  can  affirm  that  prohibition  or  no-license 
reduces  expenses  and  renders  useless  the  jails? 


Augusta,  Me. 


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The  expenses  of  the  police  department  of 
Reading  for  1908  were  $88,605.00,  or  $.89  per 
capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  835,  in  the  ratio  of  one  to 
120  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $585,291.50,  or  $5.85  per 
capita. 

NOTE. — It  will  readily  be  observed  that  the  above  official  record  is  not 
complimentary  to  the  prohibition  theory  of  reduction  in  public  expenditures 
when  the  licensed  liquor  traffic  is  eliminated. 

New  Bedford  voted  to  return  to  the  license  system  at  the  election  in 
December,  1909. 


Reading,  Pa. 


Reading,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts,  are  cities  of  approx- 
imately 100,000  population  each. 

New  Bedford  has  no  licenses;  Reading  has  175  retail  liquor  licenses, 
33  wholesale  licenses,  4 breweries  and  5 bottlers. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  of  New  Bedford  for 
1908  were  $135,000.00,  or  $1.35  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  1,678,  in  the  ratio  of  one  to 
60  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $1,250,000.00,  or  $12.50  per 
capita. 


New  Bedford,  Mass. 


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South  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  is  in  the 
western  part  of  Pennsylvania,  has  a population 
estimated  at  about  20,000.  It  has  extensive 
manufactures,  comprising  steel  plants,  foundry  and  machine  works,  knit- 
ting, hosiery  and  ribbon  mills,  and  iron  and  zinc  works,  which  material 
abounds  in  the  vicinity.  It  is  also  an  educational  center.  There  are  43 
retail  licenses,  3 wholesale  licenses,  1 brewery  and  1 bottler  in  the  munici- 
pality. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$7,272.50,  or  $.36  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  276,  or  one  to  72  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  477,  or  one  to  42  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  expenses  of  municipal  government  were 
$62,723.00,  or  $3.14  per  capita. 


South  Bethlehem,  Pa. 


Biddeford,  Maine,  is  situated  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  State,  on  the  Saco  River,  six  miles  from  its  mouth. 
Granite  quarries  are  to  be  found  in  the  vicinity. 
The  chief  manufactures  are  woolen  and  cotton  goods  and  lumber,  and 
with  abundant  water  and  good  ports,  the  town  exports  these  in  large 
quantities.  The  population  is  about  18,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$8,072.92,  or  $.45  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  513,  or  one  to  35  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  720,  or  one  to  25  of  popula- 
tion. 

The  total  expenses  of  municipal  government  were 
$224,915.25,  or  $12.50  per  capita. 

NOTE.— It  will  be  noted  that  while  these  cities  have  approximately  the 
same  population  and  are  engaged  in  business  of  the  same  character,  viz., 
mining,  manufacturing  and  exporting,  the  arrests  for  intoxication  and  all 
other  causes,  as  well  as  the  expenses  of  the  police  department  and  of  the 
general  municipal  government,  indicate  very  positively  that  prohibition 
does  not  produce  results  favorable  to  that  policy. 


Biddeford,  Me. 


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Wilmington,  Delaware,  situated  on  the  Delaware 
River,  is  the  largest  city  in  the  State  of  Delaware, 
and  is  located  in  the  only  county  in  which  licenses 
are  granted.  The  population  is  estimated  at  90,000.  It  has  numerous 
foundries,  machine  shops,  cotton  and  woolen  factories,  railroad  car  works 
and  flour  mills.  There  are  175  retail,  9 wholesale,  10  bottlers’  and  4 brewers’ 
licenses  granted  in  the  city. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$97,231.91,  or  $1.08  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  1,292  or  one  to  70  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  94,  or 
one  to  957  of  population. 


Wilmington , Del . 


Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  on  the  Charles  River, 
has  a population  estimated  at  about  99,000,  and 
has  been  no-license  for  twenty  years.  Its  various 
industries  include  the  manufacture  of  glassware,  pottery,  brick,  boilers  and 
engines,  steam  pumps,  soap,  etc. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$159,754.64,  or  $1.60  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  2,582,  or  one  to  39  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  147,  or 
one  to  679  of  population. 

That  Wilmington  in  voting  to  retain  the  license  system  pursued  a 
saner  policy  than  did  Cambridge  in  continuing  no-license  seems  to  be 
evident. 

NOTE. — It  must  be  remembered  in  this  connection  that  Wilmington  is 
a manufacturing  city  and  the  metropolis  of  the  State;  that  Cambridge  is  the 
city  of  Harvard  College  and  a suburb  of  Boston,  with  an  outlet  for  those 
of  dissipated  tendencies  and  pleasure-loving  practices  in  the  latter  city. 


Cambridge,  Mass. 


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Burlington,  Iowa,  is  a railroad  center,  having  three 
railroads,  railroad  machine  shops,  etc.  Its  chief 
manufactures  are  agricultural  implements,  wheels 
and  furniture.  Coal  is  abundant  in  the  district,  and  there  is  a large  river 
trade.  The  city  contains  two  large  educational  institutions.  The  popu- 
lation of  Burlington  is  estimated  at  25,500. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$20,211.00,  or  $.79  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  drunkenness  were  760,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  34  of  population. 

The  total  arrests  were  1,586,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to  16  of 
population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  23,  or 
one  to  1,109  of  population. 

In  this  connection  it  is  well  to  state  that  Bangor,  with  prohibition  for 
sixty  years,  last  year  had  an  average  of  one  arrest  for  intoxication  to  ten 
of  population,  and  attracted  so  much  attention  thereby  that  a determined 
effort  was  made  to  make  a better  showing,  with  the  result  as  given  above. 

NOTE. — Upon  this  basis,  who  can  maintain  that  prohibition  produces 
results  favorable  to  the  locality  that  adopts  it? 


Burlington,  Iowa 


Bangor,  Maine,  is  the  second  greatest  lumber  depot 
in  the  United  States,  its  annual  shipments  being  about 
200,000,000  feet.  It  also  has  extensive  iron  and  shoe 
factories,  pulp,  paper  and  woolen  mills.  The  city  is  engaged  in  foreign 
commerce,  and  is  an  educational  center.  The  population  of  Bangor  is 
about  25,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$31,000.00,  or  $1.24  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  drunkenness  were  1,812,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  14  of  population. 

The  total  arrests  were  2,136,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to  12  of 
population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  32,  or 
one  to  781  of  population. 


Bangor,  Me. 


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Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  most  prosperous 
cities  in  the  State,  has  a population  estimated  at  140,000, 
and  is  the  most  important  center  of  the  anthracite  coal 
and  mining  interests.  It  is  also  an  important  railroad,  trade  and  manu- 
facturing center,  and  the  base  of  mining  supplies.  The  number  of  licenses 
granted  in  1908  was  311,  distributed  as  follows:  hotels,  229;  restaurants,  54; 
wholesale,  12;  bottlers,  13,  and  brewers,  3. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  the  same  year 
were  $101,232.00,  or  $.72  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  2,503  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  56  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  4,680,  or  one  to  30  of  popu- 
lation. 


Scranton,  Pa. 


Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Taun- 
ton River,  is  also  one  of  the  important  cities  of  the 
State  in  which  it  is  located.  It  has  a safe  harbor, 
and  with  enormous  cotton  factories  and  the  various  industries  connected 
therewith,  employing  an  immense  capital,  does  an  extensive  foreign  and 
domestic  commerce.  The  population  is  estimated  at  117,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$158,470.62,  or  $1.35  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  2,261,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  53  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  were  4,484,  or  one  to  26  of  popu- 
lation. 

NOTE. — In  December,  1908,  Fall  River  voted  “no-license”  by  a majority 
of  423,  wiping  out  the  105  licenses  granted  during  the  previous  year,  and 
the  revenue  therefrom,  amounting  to  $149,435.25  received  by  the  city. 
At  the  election  held  on  Tuesday,  December  7,  1909,  the  “wet”  majority  was 
2,158,  a change  in  favor  of  license  and  the  restoration  of  the  revenue  to  the 
city  treasury  by  2,581  votes. 


Fall  River,  Mass. 


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Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  is  a railroad  center  and  has 
three  large  paper  mills,  an  immense  beet  sugar 
factory,  engine  and  boiler  works,  etc.  Numerous 
other  articles  are  manufactured  in  the  city.  The  population  is  estimated  at 
45,000. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$25,691,54,  or  $.57  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  646,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  70  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  1,046,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  43  of  population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  29,  or 
one  to  1,552  of  population. 


Kalamazoo , Mich. 


Brockton,  Massachusetts,  the  population  of  which 
is  given  as  49,572,  with  valuable  granite  deposits 
in  its  vicinity,  extensive  boot  and  shoe  factories, 
employing  15,000  hands,  and  large  manufactories  of  shoe  machinery,  tools, 
rubber  goods  and  other  industries,  is  also  an  important  city. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were 
$69,459.83,  or  $1.40  per  capita. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  1,046,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  47  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  were  2,118,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  23  of  population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  64,  or 
one  to  775  of  population. 

NOTE. — The  total  arrests  in  Brockton,  omitting  those  for  intoxication, 
were  1,072;  in  Kalamazoo,  400,  all  of  which  discredit  the  claim  of  the  pro- 
hibitionists that  the  abolition  of  the  saloon  will  improve  the  morale  of  the 
community. 


Brockton,  Mass. 


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Carbondale,  Pennsylvania,  situated  on  the  Lacka- 
wanna River,  the  population  of  which  is  estimated 
at  15,000,  has  veins  of  coal  twenty  feet  thick  within 
its  limits  and  large  quantities  of  coal  are  mined  and  shipped.  In  addition 
to  this  industry  there  are  numerous  mills,  machine  works,  car  shops,  a 
tannery,  silk  mills,  etc.  Fifty  licenses  are  granted,  divided  as  follows: 
38  retail,  2 wholesale,  9 bottlers  and  1 brewer. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1908  was 
155,  or  one  to  97  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  all  causes  was  285,  or  one  to 
53  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $5,100.00,  or 
$.34  per  capita. 


Carbondale,  Pa. 


Beverly,  Massachusetts,  has  a population  estimated 
at  15,223,  and  is  situated  on  an  inlet  off  the  Atlantic 
Ocean.  Its  chief  industries  are  the  manufacture  of 
boots  and  shoes,  shoe  machinery,  etc.  It  also  has  large  fishing  and  naviga- 
tion interests,  and  is  a popular  summer  resort. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1908  were 
171,  or  one  to  89  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  all  causes  was  355,  or  one  to 
43  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $19,264.29,  or 
$1.27  per  capita. 

NOTE. — It  will  be  seen  that  these  cities — Carbondale,  Pennsylvania,  a 
license  city,  and  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  a no-license  city — have  approxi- 
mately the  same  population,  and  yet  the  arrests,  both  for  intoxication  and 
general  causes  are  proportionately  higher  in  the  latter  city,  while  the  ex- 
penditures of  the  police  department  are  more  than  four  times  as  large. 


Beverly,  Mass. 


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Erie,  Pennsylvania,  in  the  northwestern  section  of  the 
State,  with  a population  estimated  at  65,000,  is  an  important 
manufacturing  and  commercial  city.  Its  industries  in- 
clude oil  refineries,  tanneries,  iron  foundries,  planing  and  flour  mills,  and 
manufacture  of  engines,  farming  implements,  paper  and  numerous  other 
articles.  One  hundred  and  sixty  liquor  licenses  are  granted  as  follows: 
141  retail,  14  wholesale  and  5 brewers’. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  1,158,  or  one  to  56  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  for  1908  was  2,552,  or  one  to 
25  of  population. 

The  number  of  men  employed  on  the  police  force  was  58, 
or  one  to  1,121  of  population. 


Erie,  Pa. 


Lynn,  Massachusetts,  situated  on  Massachusetts  Bay, 
has  the  most  extensive  ladies’  and  children’s  shoe  man- 
ufacturing industry  in  the  United  States;  more  than 
200  factories,  with  annual  shoe  and  tributary  business  of  over  $40,000,000. 
There  are  also  large  leather  and  morocco  factories,  and  an  electric  company 
employing  6,000  operatives.  The  population  is  estimated  to  be  88,000. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  2,074,  or  one  to  42  of 
population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  3,840,  or  one  to  23  of  popu- 
lation. 

The  number  of  men  employed  on  the  police  force  was  119, 
or  one  to  739  of  population. 

The  number  of  females  arrested  in  Erie  was  87,  while  those 
arrested  in  Lynn  total  256. 

NOTE. — Upon  this  showing  it  is  impossible  to  assert  affirmatively  that 
no-license  or  prohibition  tends  to  the  preservation  of  the  home  and  the 
abolition  of  jails. 


Lynn,  Mass. 


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Hudson,  New  York,  situated  on  the  Hudson  River,  has 
extensive  manufactures  of  clothing,  paper  and  knit 
goods;  several  blast  furnaces  and  iron  foundries  and 
two  breweries.  The  population  is  estimated  at  12,000. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  were  185,  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  65  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $7,000.00,  or 
$.58  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expenses  were  $114,712.00,  or  $9.56  per 
capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  force  is  given  as  8,  or  one  to 
1,500  of  population. 


Hudson,  N.Y. 


Waterville,  Maine,  the  population  of  which  is  also 
estimated  at  12,000,  is  situated  on  the  Kennebec 
River,  and  has  large  manufactures,  including  cotton 
and  woolen  mills,  pulp  and  paper,  flour  and  saw  mills,  machinery  and 
furniture. 

The  arrests  for  intoxication  were  226,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  53  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $8,000.00,  or 
$.67  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $162,000.00,  or  $13.50  per 
capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  force  is  given  as  8,  or  one  to 
1,500  of  population. 

NOTE. — It  will  be  seen  that  while  the  population  of  these  two  cities 
and  the  number  of  men  employed  in  the  police  department  are  the  same, 
the  arrests  for  intoxication  as  well  as  the  expenses  of  the  police  depart- 
ments and  those  for  general  municipal  purposes  are  much  lower  in  the 
license  city  of  Hudson. 


Waterville,  Me. 


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Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  the  population  of  which 
is  estimated  by  the  police  authorities  to  be  16,000,  is 
situated  on  the  Lehigh  River,  55  miles  north  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  contains  silk  and  knitting  mills,  automobile,  white  lead  and 
paint  works,  etc.  Twenty  licenses  are  granted,  divided  as  follows:  16  retail, 
2 wholesale  and  2 brewers’. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  in  1909  was  95,  or 
in  the  ratio  of  one  to  168  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  144,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  111  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $6,000,  or  $.38 
per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $73,000.00,  or  $4.56  per 
capita. 


Bethlehem,  Pa. 


Melrose,  Massachusetts,  a no-license  city,  with  a 
population  estimated  by  the  police  officials  at  15,000, 
has  an  outlet  in  Boston  for  its  convivial  and  pleas- 
ure-seeking population,  being  but  seven  miles  north  of  that  city.  Its 
chief  industry  is  the  manufacture  of  rubber  shoes. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  in  1909  was  123,  or 
in  the  ratio  of  one  to  126  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  287,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  54  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $13,765.25,  or 
$.89  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $250,100.51,  or  $16.14  per 
capita. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  in  Bethlehem,  exclusive  of 
those  for  intoxication,  was  49;  in  Melrose,  164. 

NOTE.— While  Melrose,  considered  separately,  makes  a good  showing 
when  compared  with  a license  city  of  approximately  the  same  population, 
it  indicates  most  positively  the  fallacy  of  the  argument  of  the  prohibitionists. 


Melrose,  Mass. 


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Montgomery,  Alabama,  the  capital  of  the  State, 
is  finely  situated  on  the  Alabama  River.  A large 
amount  of  cotton  is  shipped  annually  from  this 
point.  Among  its  industries  are  marble  works,  iron  foundries,  etc.,  and  it 
is  one  of  the  largest  jobbing  centers  in  the  South.  The  population  is  esti- 
mated to  be  60,000. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  1,922, 
or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to  31  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  5,766,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  10  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $62,979.05,  or 
$1.05  per  capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  60,  or 
one  to  1,000  of  population. 


Montgomery,  Ala. 


Altoona,  Pennsylvania,  is  situated  at  the  base  of  the 
Allegheny  Mountains,  and  has  a population  estimated 
at  65,000.  It  contains  the  largest  railroad  shops  in  the 
State,  several  planing  mills,  brick  and  tile  works,  silk  mill,  glass  factory 
and  other  manufactures.  Sixty-five  retail  and  three  brewers’  licenses  were 
granted,  or  a total  of  sixty-eight. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  1,159, 
or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to  56  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  2,373,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  27  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $40,000.00,  or 
$.62  per  capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  41,  or 
one  to  1,585  of  population. 

NOTE. — Since  January  1,  1909,  when  State-wide  prohibition  went  into 
effect,  Alabama  has  often  been  referred  to  as  proving  the  benefits  derived 
from  this  course,  in  an  attempt  to  embody  absolute  prohibition  of  the 
liquor  traffic  in  the  Constitution,  an  effort  which  was  defeated  by  27,000 
majority. 


Altoona,  Pa. 


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New  Castle,  Delaware,  situated  on  the  Delaware 
River,  and  in  the  license  county  of  New  Castle,  has  a 
population  estimated  by  the  police  authorities  at 
from  4,500  to  5,000.  This  population  is  constantly  augmented  by  visitors 
in  large  numbers,  New  Castle  being  a historic  place,  and  few  visitors  to 
Wilmington  depart  without  seeing  the  many  places  of  interest  to  be  found 
here.  Its  chief  manufactures  are  iron,  steel  and  farming  implements. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  11,  or 
one  to  455  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  17,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to 
294  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $16,000.00,  or  $3.20  per 
capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  3,  or  one 
to  1,667  of  population. 


New  Castle , Del. 


Milford,  Kent  County,  Delaware,  is  situated  in  the  heart 
of  the  no-license  territory,  being  on  the  border  line  of 
the  two  “dry”  counties.  It  is  a farming  and  peach  raising 
locality,  and  large  fruit  and  vegetable  canning  industries  are  located  here. 
Various  manufactures  are  carried  on,  as  well  as  shipbuilding.  The  popu- 
lation, as  estimated  by  the  police  authorities,  is  3,500. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  34,  or 
one  to  103  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  88,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one  to 
40  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $13,450.00,  or  $3.84  per 
capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  3,  or  one 
to  1,167  of  population. 

NOTE. — In  1907  the  people  of  the  State  of  Delaware  voted  on  the  ques- 
tion of  local  option.  The  county  of  New  Castle  rejected  this  policy,  while 
the  two  lower  counties,  Kent  and  Sussex,  adopted  it. 


Milford,  Del. 


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Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  in  the  upper  part  of  the  State, 
is  a beautiful  and  important  city,  but  fourteen  miles 
from  the  metropolis  of  New  York.  It  has  extensive 
manufactures  of  hats,  saws,  hardware,  mill  machinery,  iron  castings,  etc., 
t and  is  the  seat  of  a sewing  machine  company  which  alone  employs  about 

9,000  hands.  It  also  has  a large  commerce,  particularly  in  anthracite  coal. 
The  population  is  estimated  at  75,000. 

> The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  330,  or 

one  to  227  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  2,012,  or  in  the  ratio  of 
one  to  37  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $86,300.00,  or 
$1.15  per  capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  80,  or 
one  to  938  of  population. 


Savannah,  Georgia,  on  the  Savannah  River,  eighteen 
miles  from  its  mouth,  is  a port  of  entry  with  excellent 
harbor,  and  is  the  leading  commercial  city  of  Georgia. 
The  shipping  trade  in  naval  stores  is  the  largest  in  the  world,  and  in  cotton 
second  in  the  United  States.  It  also  has  an  immense  shipping  business 
in  early  vegetables  and  fruit,  which  are  extensively  raised  in  the  vicinity. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  for  1909  was  1,700,  or 
one  to  47  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  8,600,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  9 of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $131,000.00,  or 
$1.64  per  capita. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  120,  or 
one  to  667  of  population. 

NOTE. — With  a large  portion  of  its  population  deprived  of  liquor. 
Savannah,  with  two  years  of  prohibition,  presents  a striking  contrast  to 
Elizabeth,  with  a licensed  and  regulated  traffic  in  alcoholic  liquors. 


Savannah , Ga. 


Elizabeth , N.  J. 


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The  Prohibitionists,  in  attempting  to  dis- 
credit these  comparisons,  declare  that  no 
parallel  can  be  drawn  between  cities  in 
different  States  or  cities  of  the  same 
State,  but  under  different  officials,  main- 
taining that  use  should  be  made  of  the 
same  city  under  different  policies. 

In  this  analysis  of  conditions  under  the  license  and  no-license  regime 
statistics  relative  to  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  for  the  years  of  1908  and 
1909,  license  and  no-license  years  respectively,  are  herewith  given. 

In  1908  the  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  2,262,  while  in  1909 
the  arrests  totaled  2,307,  an  increase  of  but  45.  The  non-residents  arrested 
in  1908  numbered  426,  and  in  1909,  334,  a decrease  of  92.  This  leaves  the 
number  of  residents  arrested  for  intoxication  in  1908  at  1,836,  and  in  1909 
at  1,973,  or  an  increase  of  137  under  no-license. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  for  1908  were  $161,776.35,  and 
for  1909  $160,422.15,  or  a decrease  of  $1,354.20.  The  receipts  from  liquor 
licenses  in  1908  were  $199,247,  divided  as  follows:  State,  $49,811.75;  city, 
$149,435.25.  In  1909  the  receipts  from  liquor  licenses  were  but  $2,  the  State 
receiving  50  cents  and  the  city  $1.50.  Deducting  the  police  expenses  from 
the  receipts  of  the  city  alone  for  1908,  a balance  of  $12,341.10  was  left  in  the 
city  treasury  to  meet  other  expenses,  while  in  1909  the  taxpayers  were  called 
upon  to  meet  the  expenses  of  the  police  department  to  the  extent  of 
$160,420.65. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  violation  of  liquor  laws  in  1908  was  42,  and 
in  1909,  98,  an  increase  of  56;  for  offenses  against  property  committed  with 
violence,  81  and  97,  respectively,  or  an  increase  of  16;  malicious  offenses 
against  property,  15  and  27,  respectively,  or  an  increase  of  12.  In  respect 
to  arrests  for  all  causes  some  attention  should  be  given  to  published  ac- 
counts regarding  the  arrest  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  of  10  men  ranging 
in  age  from  35  to  65,  charged  with  open  and  gross  lewdness  on  evidence 
obtained  from  eight  girls  whose  ages  range  from  12  to  15  years,  and  whose 
stories  are  characterized  by  the  police  authorities  as  “unprintable  and 
almost  unbelieveable,”  and  of  the  same  immorality  practiced  in  Leominster 
by  a Worcester  resident. 

NOTE. — It  is  evident  from  the  above  that  prohibition  does  not  decrease 
drunkenness,  but  encourages  secret  drinking;  that  it  does  increase  public 
expenses,  and  that  immorality  thrives  where  prohibition  prevails. 


Analysis  and  Comparison 
of  Police  Reports  of  Fall 
River,  Massachusetts, 
With  and  Without  License 


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“The  Union  Signal,’’  official  organ  of  the  National  Wo- 
man’s Christian  Temperance  Union,  in  an  article 
published  under  the  signature  of  the  editor-in-chief 
in  the  issue  for  February  3,  1909,  says: 

“Any  statement  to  the  effect  that  prohibition  does  not 
reduce  drunkenness,  poverty,  dependency,  delinquency  and 
crime  is  not  true.” 

Investigation  will  indicate  the  fallacy  of  this  statement,  and  as  evidence 
of  its  unsubstantial  character  statistics  are  published  relative  to  Corning, 
New  York,  and  Rockland,  Maine,  the  latter  a city  of  the  State  of  Maine, 
where  prohibition  has  been  on  the  statute  books  for  over  half  a century. 

Corning,  an  incorporated  city  of  New  York,  a State  in  which  the  local 
option  law  is  limited  to  unincorporated  towns  and  cities,  has  a population 
estimated  at  15,000.  It  contains  several  large  foundries,  railroad  car  and 
glass  factories,  glass  cutting  works,  etc.,  and  has  an  extensive  trade  in 
lumber,  tobacco  and  coal. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  169,  or  in  the 
ratio  of  one  to  89  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  477,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  31  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $9,250.00,  or 
$.62  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $80,000.00,  or  $5.33  per 
capita. 


Corning,  N.Y. 


Rockland,  Maine,  has  a population  estimated  at  9,000. 
Its  chief  industry  is  lime  burning,  the  employes 
numbering  1,000.  There  are  also  iron  and  brass 
works,  and  large  granite  quarries. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  322,  or  in  the 
ratio  of  one  to  28  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  419,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  21  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $6,685.15,  or 
$.74  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expenses  were  $130,000.00,  or  $14.44 
per  capita. 

NOTE. — It  will  be  observed  from  the  above  that  prohibition,  after  sixty 
years’  trial,  has  not  reduced  drunkenness,  crime,  police  nor  municipal 
expenditures,  despite  the  oft  repeated  assertion  above  quoted,  and  which  is 
one  of  the  most  emphatic  arguments  advanced  by  the  Prohibitionists. 


Rockland,  Me. 


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The  “Keystone  Citizen,”  organ  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Anti-Saloon  League,  in  the  issue  for  March  25,  1910, 
contains  the  following  statement: 

“The  election  of  a local  option  Legislature  will  not  in  itself  * 

relieve  the  taxpayers  of  the  enormous  burden  imposed  upon 
them  by  our  license  system.  But  it  will  give  them  a law  by 
which  they  can  vote  out  the  saloon  and  thus  reduce  their  taxes 
if  they  care  to  do  so.” 

Investigation  will  prove  the  utter  fallacy  of  this  statement,  and  as 
evidence  that  the  adoption  of  a prohibition  or  local  option  law  does  not 
reduce  taxes,  as  claimed,  a comparison  of  conditions  as  regards  arrests, 
both  for  intoxication  and  all  causes,  and  public  expenses  in  the  cities  of 
Easton,  Pennsylvania,  and  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  are  herewith  presented. 

Easton,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Lehigh  River,  on  three  lines 
of  railroads  and  at  the  junction  of  the  Delaware,  Lehigh  and  Morris 
Canals,  has  extensive  manufacturing  establishments,  including  numerous 
flour  mills,  several  large  silk  mills,  etc.,  and  ships  large  quantities  of  coal, 
iron  and  grain.  Fifty- two  licenses  are  granted,  distributed  as  follows: 
retail,  42;  wholesale,  5;  brewers’,  3;  bottlers’,  2.  The  population  is  esti- 
mated at  30,000. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  341,  or  in  the 
ratio  of  one  to  88  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  645,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  47  of  population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  20,  or 
one  to  1,500  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $134,000.00,  or  $4.47  per 
capita. 


Easton , Pa. 


Quincy,  Massachusetts,  eight  miles  south  of  Boston 
and  one  and  one-half  miles  from  the  sea,  contains 
engine  and  shipbuilding  yards,  brass  and  iron  works 
and  shoe  factories.  There  are  also  large  granite  quarries.  The  question 
of  license  or  no-license  is  submitted  to  the  people  every  year,  and  has  re- 
sulted in  “no-license”  for  several  years.  The  population  is  estimated  to 
be  32,000. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  was  515,  or  in  the 
ratio  of  one  to  62  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  1,023,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  31  of  population. 

The  number  of  men  on  the  police  force  is  given  as  26,  or  / 

one  to  1,231  of  population. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $369,724.40,  or  $11.55  per 
capita. 

NOTE. — For  the  year  ending  June  30,  1908,  the  number  of  residents  of 
Quincy  arrested  in  Boston  for  drunkenness  totaled  818,  while  the  arrests 
for  the  same  offense  at  home  numbered  500. 


Quincy , Mass . 


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Cohoes,  New  York,  situated  in  the  fertile  valley  where  the 
Mohawk  joins  the  Hudson,  has  a population  estimated 
at  26,000.  Possessing  unlimited  water  power,  it  affords 
unusual  inducements  for  manufacturing  enterprises,  and  has  the  largest 
knitting  mills  in  the  world. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  in  1909  was  257,  or 
in  the  ratio  of  one  to  101  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  427,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  61  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $22,500.00,  or 
$.87  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $375,971.21,  or  $14.46  per 
capita. 


Cohoes,  N.Y. 


Waltham,  Massachusetts,  but  ten  miles  from  Boston, 
has  a population  estimated  by  the  police  authorities 
to  be  29,000.  It  contains  large  cotton  factories  and 
watchmaking  establishments,  one  company  employing  3,200  hands. 

The  number  of  arrests  for  intoxication  in  1909  was  324,  or 
in  the  ratio  of  one  to  90  of  population. 

The  total  number  of  arrests  was  744,  or  in  the  ratio  of  one 
to  39  of  population. 

The  expenses  of  the  police  department  were  $25,535.00,  or 
$.88  per  capita. 

The  total  municipal  expense  was  $550,000.00,  or  $18.97  per 
capita. 

NOTE. — In  this  connection  it  may  be  stated  that  Waltham,  by  reason 
of  its  proximity  to  Boston,  has  an  outlet  in  the  latter  city  for  those  of  dis- 
sipated habits,  and  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1908,  the  number  of  resi- 
dents of  Waltham  arrested  in  Boston  for  intoxication  numbered  341. 

It  will  readily  be  observed  from  the  above  that  no-license  does  not 
compensate  for  the  loss  of  revenue,  either  by  reduction  of  expenses  or  elimi- 
nation of  crime,  but  rather  increases  them,  both  at  home  and  in  places 
where  a more  liberal  policy  is  adopted,  by  the  migration  of  those  of 
pleasure-loving  tendencies. 


Waltham,  Mass. 


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Lynn,  Mass 

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Melrose,  Mass 

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NOTE. — It  is  evident  from  these  official  records  that  neither  Local  Option  nor  Prohibition  decreases  drunken- 
ness, that  these  systems  do  not  affect  beneficially  the  expenditures  of  police  protection,  nor  make  needless  jails  and 
penitentiaries  in  communities  when  the  license  liquor  traffic  is  eliminated.  It  is  likewise  evident  that  “speak- 
easies,” “boot-leggeries,”  and  “kitchen  bar-rooms”  richly  flourish  in  so-called  “dry”  communities  and  their  pres- 
ence and  existence  exert  more  baneful  influence  upon  the  social  body  than  the  well  regulated  cafe  and  saloon. 


